The weekly e-newsletter of
Bendigo Orienteers Inc.
Issue 18/14: 21 May, 2014
Contact (for this publication): Peter J. Creely: luddcreely@impulse.net.au (Ph. 5443 1975)
Web site: www.bendigo-orienteers.com.au
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Vic Secondary Schools team — well done to our JSquad people. Congratulations and very well done to the following Bendigo JSquad people for winning inclusion to the state representative squad for the Australian Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships: Caitlyn Steer (Junior Girls – first time in – well done!), Leisha Maggs (Senior Girls), Michael Loughnan and Jimmy Cameron (Junior Boys), Louis Cameron, Lachlan Cherry and Tavish Eenjes (all Senior Boys).
Also, I am taking the opportunity to let you know where our Junior people placed overall in the Secondary Schools Champs:
Girls 13A: Karina Cherry 1st. 14A: Caitlyn Steer 2nd; Open A: Leisha Maggs 1st. Boys 14A: Glenn James 2nd and Michael Loughnan: 3rd. 15A: Jimmy Cameron 1st. 16A: Lachlan Cherry 2nd. Tavish Eenjes 3rd. Open A: Louis Cameron 3rd.
Congratulations to all these people: you are a credit to your families, to the sport and to our club. Well done!
Space Racing, 17 May: After becoming so used to Kangaroo Flat, Strathdale was a bit of a challenge to some of the kids – it was also the first day of the competition. We had eleven kids competing – far less than the ‘glory days’ but still a significant number. Really, the competition is just the beginning, the real work comes in looking beyond SR and working out how we get them into the bush and keep them in real orienteering. We’ve never quite managed to capture the knack of doing that – sadly, but where we did manage it we have had great results! See item above re Bendigo Orienteers representation in the Vic Secondary Schools team.
Course setting for a Space Race. We have two vacancies for course setting in our SR program: Sat. 7 June on Strathfieldsaye Linear Park and 21 June at Spring Gully (north end on Norfolk Hero, at the end of Wattle Drive, where we started the Bush Classic a few weeks ago)
Kangaroo Gully. A full report and results can be found on our webpage.
Coming Events: Saturday 24 May.
Map: Fiddlers Green (Eaglehawk)
Organiser: Leisha Maggs/Colin Walker
Course Setter: Leisha Maggs/Colin Walker
Start: 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm
Comment: Fiddlers Green is predominately old gold mining with a good track network and not a lot of steep contour. It almost reeks of history and was a very significant area for the small gold miners of the late 1870’s around Bendigo. It can be a very challenging area navigation wise. Go carefully and enjoy it!
Courses: Courses 1, 2 and 3 difficult navigation, 4 moderate nav. And 5 easy.
DIRECTIONS From Bendigo travel to the township of Eaglehawk. Continue along Eaglehawk Road and take the right, Sailors Gully Road, at the V intersection. After approx 1km, turn right into Hodgson Street and after a couple hundred meters, left into Whipstick Road. Parking and assembly a few hundred meters down the road.
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